Thomas Cahill speaking event moved to Boswell Books

A Nov. 7 appearance by popular author Thomas Cahill has been moved from Marquette University to Boswell Book Company, 2559 N. Downer Ave., according to the bookstore.

Also, it's now a free, public event. The Cahill appearance had been scheduled as a ticketed event at Marquette.

Cahill is touring to promote a new book, "Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World" (Doubleday/Nan A. Talese), the latest entry in his Hinges of History series.

His best-known book, at least among Irish-Americans, is "How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe."